Biography

Benji Rose is a multi-instrumentalist, teacher and researcher specialising in flutes. His work explores the spaces where different musical worlds collide: early and contemporary music, Western and non-Western traditions, notation and improvisation.

He trained at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he focused on both historical and new music performance. He also studied organ for three years, which deepened his interest in organology and the ways different instruments inform each other. This cross-disciplinary approach shapes everything he does.

He has been teaching for 12 years, developing materials and methods that challenge the standardisation that dominates music education. His philosophy is straightforward: music is not about flawless execution or conforming to someone else's idea of 'correct' interpretation. It is about finding one's voice, understanding one's instrument and making something that matters.

His teaching draws on research into historical performance practice, acoustic science and improvisation traditions across cultures. He is particularly interested in helping musicians break free from the 'tyranny of perfection' and develop the skills that conservatoires often neglect: improvisation, creative thinking and genuine artistic independence.

He has written extensively on music education, and his work argues for a living approach to music that values exploration over reproduction, and risk-taking over safe conformity.